Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Cherry County, Nebraska, has about 5,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Cherry County is held at the county jail, run by the Cherry County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
Related guides: Cherry County public records, Cherry County arrest records, Cherry County warrants, Cherry County criminal records, Cherry County court records, Nebraska arrest records and Nebraska inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Cherry County
The county jail, run by the Cherry County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Cherry County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Cherry County Sheriff's Office at cherrycountyne.gov/sheriff-office (page title: Sheriff Office | Cherry County), phone (402) 376-1890, 365 N Main Street #9 Valentine, NE 69201, Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at (402) 376-1890.
The Cherry County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2018 the jail held about 9 people. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Cherry County has about 5,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 16 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Cherry County Jail
The Cherry County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Valentine make the arrests that end in a booking in Cherry County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Cherry County: the State Patrol in Cherry County (state police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Valentine's 90 for 2024 and the Cherry County Sheriff's Office's 25 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Cherry County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 116 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Cherry County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Cherry County serves the sentence in a facility of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, whose inmate locator is at dcs-inmatesearch.ne.gov/Corrections/COR_input.jsp.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Cherry County?
Ask the Cherry County Sheriff's Office at (402) 376-1890; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at cherrycountyne.gov/sheriff-office.
How many people are in the Cherry County jail?
About 9 on an average day in 2018, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data.
What is the phone number for the Cherry County jail?
(402) 376-1890, the number on the page of the Cherry County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Cherry County go?
To a facility of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services; its inmate locator is at dcs-inmatesearch.ne.gov.
Is this the official Cherry County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.